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North Otago farmer Jane Smith says she likes to “play the ball, not the man,” but when it comes to Environment Minister David Parker and his freshwater reforms – she’s willing to make an exception.
“David Parker’s actually made this very personal, he’s on a personal crusade,” she told The Country’s Jamie Mackay.
Smith was unhappy with Parker’s controversial freshwater policy and she wanted to get the word out about the supposed “flawed process” behind the reforms.
“An important thing for me now is to make urban New Zealand aware of this Parkergate lack of process … and skipping procedure … there’s a black box here that needs to be revealed.”

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